I am a cat in the palace

Six years later? Zining Palace

"My son, send my respects to the queen mother." The second prince walked into the queen's bedroom wearing a soft ermine cloak.

Since the beginning of winter this year, the empress has not been in good health. When the second prince was dying when she gave birth to her son, she also suffered a serious injury. After more than ten years of recuperation, the second prince is getting better every day, but her body is not getting better every day. Every day, especially when the snow fell, she felt cold air coming from the crevices of her bones, sore and sore, and she didn't even want to step out of the house where the earth dragon was burning.

"Get up." Seeing the second prince, the queen waved her hand to make him flattened, and then the clever maid moved the pier and put it behind the second prince.

"Is the queen mother feeling better today?" The second prince greeted very respectfully.

The queen's expression was indifferent, "It's like this at this time of year, and you can't get better. You look pretty good, and you haven't been sick since this winter."

"Why did the queen mother say that? According to Erchen, the medicine is still not right for the disease. Why don't you find another doctor." The second prince persuaded me very obediently.

"Physician Wang is the most trustworthy person in this palace. If he hadn't been able to rejuvenate back then, we wouldn't have had the lives of you and my mother. To put it bluntly, the disease on my body was a dark wound that gave birth to you back then. He couldn't cure it, and no one else would have it." What can you do?" The queen was not interested in the second prince's proposal, and instead took a closer look at the second prince's face, "Your complexion looks good, you haven't gotten sick again this winter?"

"No, thanks to the mother's blessing, my son and minister are all well."

"Well, back then you blamed the empress for letting you take that bitter medicine, but now you know that the empress is for your own good?"

"What the queen mother said was that the son was young and ignorant, so the queen mother was worried."

"Since you are in good health, you should study hard with the master." While speaking, the queen waved her hand and kicked out all the servants in the palace before continuing: "Your father's health is getting worse every year. This year, I have been ill for two times in Donglian, and I haven’t recovered from the imperial court until now. You have to have a plan in mind, understand?”

"Yes, Queen Mother, I know." The second prince nodded slightly when he heard what the Queen said.

"There is one more thing that you have to pay attention to. After this year, that coffin will be twelve years old, and your father will definitely want to pick him up. Although he has been staying in Changyun all these years, Look, it seems that you really don't have any idea about that seat, but you can't stand what your father thinks. I discussed it with your grandfather, and I have to find a way to prevent him from coming back. Having the fourth child is enough trouble, If he also comes back, the change will be even greater."

When the second prince heard the empress mentioning the third prince, Shang Xin, a dark light flashed in his eyes, but the empress was concentrating on the meeting with his father, Wei Guogong, and didn't notice the change in his son's expression.

"My son, I hope that the queen mother will not stop the third emperor's younger brother from coming back." The second prince suddenly said.

"What did you say?" The queen was stunned for a moment, and it took her a long time to understand that her son seemed to be telling her not to stop King Zhen from returning to the palace.

"Third brother is back, this palace will be more lively." The second prince smiled lightly, the queen frowned and stared at her son, for a moment he didn't understand what he meant, the second prince saw that the queen didn't understand what he said, so he had to add One sentence: "Mother, there are people who are more unhappy than you when the Third Emperor returns to the palace."

The queen couldn't help being slightly startled when she heard this, and looked up again after a while, only to see that her son had already left the palace gate far away, she let out a light breath, and lazily lay back on the warm couch, that's right, her son is already occupying him. As the emperor is in charge, even if the emperor is eccentric, he has to respect the orthodox rules of the royal family.

Instead of paving the way for others, it's better to welcome the third child back generously. Naturally, there are people in the palace who are more anxious than her.

Duanfei Palace Qingyang Hall

"The empress went to Xingde Palace in person?" Concubine Duan was really surprised when she heard the news reported by the palace man. After a while, the gently drawn Liu Yemei frowned slightly, "She hasn't left the palace for half a month. , it's freezing and snowy outside, isn't she in pain anymore?"

While speaking, she took a sip of the Baihua honey milk sent by the maid next to her.

"Although she is not in good health, the Chinese New Year is about to begin. As the lord of the sixth palace, she has to go to the emperor to show her face. No matter how close she is to the emperor, this year will always be passed."

Concubine Duan snorted coldly, "The lord of the six palaces, bearing the name of the lord of the six palaces, she has always been very leisurely. Since winter has come, those who want charcoal in this palace and clothes in that palace, she What did you care about?" Said in a hurry, the big phoenix with a bead on the forehead of Duan Guifei trembled tremblingly, the pink bead color made the skin of Duan Guifei's face radiant.

Since he was injured in the Taimiao that year and lost his temper, the old emperor's health has deteriorated more and more in the past few years, and he has been ill for half a year.Without the emperor's rain and dew to compete for, the harem naturally became quiet, and in the past three years, even rookies have not been selected.

The old emperor also let out the word early, saying that he was over fifty and had no intention of choosing a new concubine, and that women of the right age in the folk could just marry their own, and there was no need to delay their youth for the draft.

This may be very disappointing for ambitious families, but it is excellent news for those women who are already in power in the harem, or those girls who are destined to enter the palace and be widowed.

Especially Concubine Duan, she is only 25 or [-] years old now, which is the age when a woman's appearance is at its best. Her already elegant complexion is complemented by exquisite makeup, coupled with the majestic dignity accumulated as a noble concubine, it seems that she has the appearance of sitting firmly in the harem The first throne.

In the past few years, the queen's health has been poor, and her relationship with the emperor has gradually faded, but she has served day and night, and has grown closer to the emperor.It's just that no matter how weak the empress's bond with the emperor is, and how deep her bond with the emperor is, the emperor doesn't seem to have thought of replacing her after being abolished. After all these years, the empress is still a queen, and the noble concubine is still It's just a noble concubine, no matter how hard it is to make progress.

She has a prince under her knees, and her family background is extremely prominent. Because the empress has been in poor health for the past few years, she took an opportunity to ask the old emperor for the power of assistant to the sixth house a few years ago.

It is said that she is an assistant to the Sixth Palace, but in fact she has seized nearly half of the power to govern the palace. If it is said that in the past few years, she occasionally made a low profile in front of the queen, flattering and flattering her, but in the past few years she has already It is an existence that can stand up to the queen, and even in some places, her orders are more effective than the queen's.

Here Concubine Duan Gui was talking to her trusted maid, when she saw Gui suddenly saw something, she walked out quickly, and when she came in again, she whispered into Concubine Duan's ear, "Your Majesty, the news that just came over, It is said that shortly after the empress entered Xingde Palace, the second prince followed closely."

"The second child has gone too?" Concubine Duan Gui was taken aback. It is not surprising that the queen went to Xingde Palace, but the mother went in on the front foot, and the son followed closely behind. What does this mean?This means that the queen's trip to Xingde Palace is definitely not for the charcoal expenses in the harem, so what could it be?

"Let's not talk about anything else, it's just that in such a world of ice and snow, the second child can come out and walk around at will. It seems that he is in good health." Temporarily suppressing the doubts in her heart, Concubine Duan slowly turned the thin-bodied pastel in her hand. In the porcelain bowl, the bright eyes like apricot stones are reflected in the soft light of the whitening honey milk, slightly rippling with sharp ripples.

"I heard that there were two relapses during the fall of the snow last year, but since the beginning of winter this year, it seems to be doing well. Even most of the medicines taken by the Tai Hospital have stopped." Standing respectfully at a distance not too far away, when he heard Concubine Duan's question, he immediately answered accordingly.

"Speaking of it, I kept calling the second child, but the eldest brother died so early that his bones were cold. This second child is the real eldest son of gold and jade."

Inheriting the throne, there is a heir to establish a heir, and no heir to establish an elder. This is the rule that several generations of emperors have been following since the establishment of the Great Xia Dynasty. Although based on various considerations, this rule was not written into the Great Xia law, but the previous generations The emperor basically still established a reserve according to this.

It's just that when the old emperor succeeded to the throne, there was a dispute between the son and the elder, but in the end the old emperor, who was the son of the son, prevailed, and the eldest son, King Shun, was far away from Changhai. Years have passed, presumably there will be no chance to return to the capital in my lifetime.

"The second child occupies both the concubine and the chief. Hey, Shang Xuan really can't compete with others." Concubine Duan sipped the honey milk in her hand and sighed lightly.I didn't hear Jian Gui answering the question for a while, so I raised my eyes and asked, "By the way, where is Shang Xuan? Have you played truant again during these days?"

"Hui Niangniang, His Royal Highness is very motivated these days, and has never skipped school."

"Motivated? Hmph! These two words have never had anything to do with him. Anyway, you just get used to him. I don't know if I am a master. Did you play tricks on the guest teacher who came to teach chess yesterday? How old are you?" , still as ignorant as a four or five-year-old child.

The same is true for Zhao Hao. At the beginning, I chose him as Shang Xuan's master because he thought that he was young, arrogant and knowledgeable, so he should be able to suppress Shang Xuan's impetuous temper. The old man Chaozhong, Ben Gong sounds boring, not to mention Shang Xuan and Song Jianwen, who are monkeys.

You pass on my words, let Zhao Hao pick a few more intelligent guest teachers from Taixue Hall, if the fourth prince doesn't like to learn those piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, then don't learn it, it's useless to be left or right . "

"Yes, empress, the servant will pass on the message in a while."

"Also, I will send someone to the mansion to send a letter later, asking my wife to come into the palace. A few days ago, the emperor rewarded me with a few pieces of good leather. I wanted my wife to take them back to make some winter clothes for the old man. Even if it is my filial piety as a daughter.

Also, by the way, I will go to the Mansion of the Marquis of Anguo, and I invite my eldest sister to come too. Last time, she said that she likes the rose dew made in the palace. I specially left a few bottles for her and let her come and pick it up. Let's have a reunion dinner together here in this palace. "

"Yes!" Seeing Gui nodded immediately, turned around and went out, holding a sign to tell the eunuch to go to Hubu Shangshu's Mansion and Anguohou Mansion immediately to deliver the message.

Concubine Duan finally drank the honey milk in her hand in a slow manner, put the small pastel porcelain bowl on the tray brought by the big court lady Ruiyan, and took the towel from Ruixiang to wipe the corners of her lips. Then she stood up gracefully, "Change clothes, it's time to greet the emperor."